1. Complete the sentences with the past simple affirmative of the verbs in brackets.

a. The woman ________________________her car when she _________________the accident. (stop, see)

b. He _____________________fruit and cereal for breakfast. (have)

c. My dad ______________________as an actor when he was young. (work)

d. We ________________________to school yesterday. (walk)

e. My mum _____________________to Paris with some friends. (go)

f. She _________________________to learn Chinese last year. (try)

2. Write the sentences in exercise 1 in the negative.

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b. ___________________________________________________________________________________________

c. ___________________________________________________________________________________________

d. ___________________________________________________________________________________________

e. ___________________________________________________________________________________________

f. ___________________________________________________________________________________________

3. Make questions in the simple past.

a. What / you / have / for lunch / yesterday?

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b. When / your mum / finish / work / last week?

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c. They / go / to the mountains / last Christmas?

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4. Complete the sentences with the simple past of the verb BE, in affirmative or negative.
a. My friends __________________ at school yesterday. √

b. He ___________________at the cinema last weekend. X

c. You _____________________tired after the basketball match. X

d. We _____________________happy because we won the lottery. √

5. Order the words to make questions.

a. You / at 3 o´clock / at home / yesterday?

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b. Last week / was / hot / it?

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c. From / where / Shakespeare / was?

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6. Complete the sentence with the past continuous affirmative of the verbs in the box.
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a. Leslie ____________________________ a comedy. c. They ___________________________to pop music.

b. My mum __________________________her car. d. We ______________a wonderful time at the party.

7. Write the sentences in exercise 1 in the negative form.

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b. ___________________________________________________________________________________

c. ___________________________________________________________________________________

d. ___________________________________________________________________________________

8. Order the sentences to make questions.

a. In the morning / was / swimming / Peter?

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b. Maggie / playing baseball / was / at 6 pm?

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c. You / were / doing homework / yesterday afternoon?

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d. At / 9 am / he / was / having breakfast?

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e. Your friends / basketball / playing / at 6 pm yesterday / were?

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9. Complete the sentences. Use the past simple or the past continuous.
a. While I was waiting for the bus, I __________________my dad in his car. (see)

b. He was carrying the shopping when he __________________the apples. (drop)

c. While he __________________________TV, I made dinner. (watch)

d. My mum ___________________________ at the office when I called her. (work)

e. I _____________________________my homework when my friend called me. (do)

f. When I _____________________________Susan, she was wearing glasses. (meet)

10. Circle the correct words.

a. I was singing when / while the microphone broke.

b. They heard a big noise when / while they were watching a horror film.

c. When / while I was cleaning my bedroom, I found my watch under the bed.

d. When / while my sister arrived home, I was sleeping.

e. I was revising for the exam when / while the teacher arrived.

f. My dad found some good books when / while he was cleaning his office.
11. Correct the errors.
a. Was Bob swim in the morning?

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b. Claire was sing in her bedroom.

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c. We didn’t eating fruit yesterday.

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d. What were you do yesterday at 8pm?

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e. Did you doing homework when I phoned you?

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f. You weren’t dance at the party at 1am.

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g. While he ate his sandwich, he was watching the game on TV.

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